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Type
Opinion of the Court
Author
Carlos F. Lucero
Filed
Aug. 26, 2019
Case
Smith v. Sharp
Case status
Decided

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LUCERO, Circuit Judge. Roderick Smith was sentenced to death by an Oklahoma state jury for the 1993 murders of his wife and four stepchildren. Before the resolution of Smith's collateral attacks on his convictions and sentence, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304,…

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